So yesterday after work, i head up to this place I could potentially be sponsored (ish) by: K&T Soundwerks. They were working up a quote for me, and hadnt called yet, so I decided to go up there. Afterwards, I headed over to Wendy's & got me sum Chikkin Nuggets for dinner!
I get out on Rt 30, and head towards I-55. As Im getting on the ramp, im stuck behind a Semi... and I see 2 identical blue Subaru STI's behind me, and I think "w00t!"
After a barrage of cars passing up myself, the STI's and the semi, i kick my blinker on when the last car is starting to pass. The guy behind me doesnt turn on a blinker. I jump out to whip around the Semi, and the STI follows, although not aggressively (at first). Traffic lightens up, and were both at a 50-roll, so i rev my engine a bit, and I see him nod. We take off, up to about 90, and he only gained about 1/2 a car length on me... I was pleasently surprised.
He gets back behind me, and a bit further down the road, hes behind me this time, and I do the same thing... I gain on him till about 80 or-so, then he catches me & kinda rides me a bit till i go to get off on my exit... or is that it?
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This is a photo of me getting off on I-80 to head to the track today... and these STI's behind me!
So, We are on the main road for 80, and I gun it. They actually took a while, but they caught up to me. The second STI decides hes not waiting anymore... Guns it, cuts between myself and the first STI, and takes off up to about 120, I respond my trying to keep up with him, but before we hit traffic, hes got 2 car lengths on me.
They get back behind me, and I gun it again, this time with some light traffic. Instead of following me, they stay back, and watch me weave through traffic about 5 times @ 90 or so.
I hang back, and do the speed limit for a bit till they catch up. When they do, the first guy looks over and shoots the thumbs up, and says "Good Job!". The next guy goes by and throws up the lil Devil Horns ("Rock On!"). and they continue. I follow them @ speed.
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Following them, the road widens out, and they go right... and it looks like theyre heading to the same place as me. we get off on the ramp together... and sure enough, I head down to the track with 2 STI's in tow.
I pull in for my tech, and get out, fill my sheets out, etc. etc. etc. and the guy in the first STI is like "Nice, man. Reeeeal nice! Not bad at all for a Tiburon... that exhaust sounds mean as hell!" I thank him, and get pulled aside by the official cus i cant produce a licence (im on a ticket), so he calls a cop up... and im just like '$#!+'. cop pulls up "Why dont you have your licence" "Im on a ticket... forgot it at home" "You know you could get your licence suspended for not having that ticket, right?" "I know... you're not gonna ruin my night, are ya?" he thinks for a sec "Nah... Just keep my nice pretty quiet and you wont hear another thing out of me" so he calls in to verify my licence.
Finish tech, and head up to line up... this is what i see:
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line. HUGE line. excellent turn out though! While waiting, i get chatting with the guys with the STI's... one is stock, and one has a STG 2 setup... exhaust, light as hell rims... pretty clean-looking too. after waiting an hour & 15 minutes... we finally get up there. Im paired with the guy with the Stg 2. I run like ****... my tiptronic incists on being tempermental, and double-shifting each time i shift, and i run a 16.2... the STI runs a 15.4 @ 95 (if i recall).
we line up again, and wait for an hour and a half this time, finally getting a second run in at 10PM after arriving at 6:30. Second run is better for me: I run a 15.92 @ 87MPH. Conditions werent the most favorable... it was 78 degrees, 50% humidity, with a 10 MPH wind from the south. Better than the last few times, but still nothing spectacular.
For those who were at the Midwest meet on saturday... that day would have pwnt teh face if we had been able to hit the track! It was cold(60's), air was still, and humidity was like 30%... Ahh well. Solid Motor Mounts and a Fuel Tune, and Ill probably hit the track again!
I get out on Rt 30, and head towards I-55. As Im getting on the ramp, im stuck behind a Semi... and I see 2 identical blue Subaru STI's behind me, and I think "w00t!"
After a barrage of cars passing up myself, the STI's and the semi, i kick my blinker on when the last car is starting to pass. The guy behind me doesnt turn on a blinker. I jump out to whip around the Semi, and the STI follows, although not aggressively (at first). Traffic lightens up, and were both at a 50-roll, so i rev my engine a bit, and I see him nod. We take off, up to about 90, and he only gained about 1/2 a car length on me... I was pleasently surprised.
He gets back behind me, and a bit further down the road, hes behind me this time, and I do the same thing... I gain on him till about 80 or-so, then he catches me & kinda rides me a bit till i go to get off on my exit... or is that it?
This is a photo of me getting off on I-80 to head to the track today... and these STI's behind me!
So, We are on the main road for 80, and I gun it. They actually took a while, but they caught up to me. The second STI decides hes not waiting anymore... Guns it, cuts between myself and the first STI, and takes off up to about 120, I respond my trying to keep up with him, but before we hit traffic, hes got 2 car lengths on me.
They get back behind me, and I gun it again, this time with some light traffic. Instead of following me, they stay back, and watch me weave through traffic about 5 times @ 90 or so.
I hang back, and do the speed limit for a bit till they catch up. When they do, the first guy looks over and shoots the thumbs up, and says "Good Job!". The next guy goes by and throws up the lil Devil Horns ("Rock On!"). and they continue. I follow them @ speed.
Following them, the road widens out, and they go right... and it looks like theyre heading to the same place as me. we get off on the ramp together... and sure enough, I head down to the track with 2 STI's in tow.
I pull in for my tech, and get out, fill my sheets out, etc. etc. etc. and the guy in the first STI is like "Nice, man. Reeeeal nice! Not bad at all for a Tiburon... that exhaust sounds mean as hell!" I thank him, and get pulled aside by the official cus i cant produce a licence (im on a ticket), so he calls a cop up... and im just like '$#!+'. cop pulls up "Why dont you have your licence" "Im on a ticket... forgot it at home" "You know you could get your licence suspended for not having that ticket, right?" "I know... you're not gonna ruin my night, are ya?" he thinks for a sec "Nah... Just keep my nice pretty quiet and you wont hear another thing out of me" so he calls in to verify my licence.
Finish tech, and head up to line up... this is what i see:
line. HUGE line. excellent turn out though! While waiting, i get chatting with the guys with the STI's... one is stock, and one has a STG 2 setup... exhaust, light as hell rims... pretty clean-looking too. after waiting an hour & 15 minutes... we finally get up there. Im paired with the guy with the Stg 2. I run like ****... my tiptronic incists on being tempermental, and double-shifting each time i shift, and i run a 16.2... the STI runs a 15.4 @ 95 (if i recall).
we line up again, and wait for an hour and a half this time, finally getting a second run in at 10PM after arriving at 6:30. Second run is better for me: I run a 15.92 @ 87MPH. Conditions werent the most favorable... it was 78 degrees, 50% humidity, with a 10 MPH wind from the south. Better than the last few times, but still nothing spectacular.
For those who were at the Midwest meet on saturday... that day would have pwnt teh face if we had been able to hit the track! It was cold(60's), air was still, and humidity was like 30%... Ahh well. Solid Motor Mounts and a Fuel Tune, and Ill probably hit the track again!
